"What General Lu said is that we should find out the situation first before making plans," Xing Hu smiled to ease the embarrassment. As a general, Xing Hu naturally has some ability in analyzing situations. Thinking of Lu Yunyou's question just now, , he also felt that it was very risky to directly attack the bandit stronghold.
"Yes," Nodding, Lu Yunyou explained the matter of burying the corpse. After Xing Hu went out to do things, he had nothing to do, so he walked around the city lord's palace and watched the soldiers busy here and there.
At the same time, in Orchid Village, after a morning of hard work, the villagers have dug out the buried grain and some items. The total amount may not be much, but it is still enough to feed hundreds of people for ten days and a half.
In addition, while the villagers were busy digging for food, five hundred star troops divided into several teams and hunted many low-level ferocious beasts nearby. Those low-level ferocious beasts can only be regarded as prey to martial cultivators, but to ordinary people It is said that they are invincible beasts. No matter what, every beast hunted by the Star Army can solve the food problem for many people.
After gathering the prey and dug-out food together, Wang Yihou's instructions for Zhang Jiutian to deliver all the food to Qucheng just came. After learning that it was Lu Yunyou's explanation, Zhang Jiutian planned to deliver the food in batches. Food and villagers are delivered to Qucheng, but transportation is a problem.
There are not enough vehicles to carry food and grass, and it will be impossible to deliver things for a while, but Zhang Jiutian will find it troublesome if he makes a few more trips. Besides, the weather is relatively hot now, and it is not good to store the meat of ferocious beasts for too long. Therefore, after discussing with Mr. Hong and others, Zhang Jiutian planned to send half of the ferocious beast meat to the city first, and leave the other half to let the villagers help them marinate it into bacon.
After confirming that they could hunt more ferocious beasts, Zhang Jiutian felt that making dried meat was a good method. After all, the Star Army could not eat meat every day, but if it was made into dried meat, it would not only be convenient for storage, but also allow the following to use it. The personnel had meat to eat from time to time, and dry meat was a basic ration for the army.
So after discussing with Mr. Hong how to deal with the ferocious beast meat, the next step was to deliver things to the city. According to Zhang Jiutian's idea, the first priority was to deliver food. After all, their vehicles were limited.
Not long after the arrangements were made, several teams that Zhang Jiutian sent to other villages to rescue villagers had returned, not only bringing back some villagers, but also some food and other things.
Since several villages are at different distances, it will take some time to wait for several teams to return. Now Zhang Jiutian is worried about whether those teams will be attacked by ferocious beasts on the way there. Unfortunately, they have no extra manpower. Those who have been Those sent there can only hope for their own good.
While Zhang Jiutian was working non-stop on the tasks assigned to him by Lu Yunyou, Yu Tong and another deputy general, Xu Guang, had already rushed to Qincheng with several of their subordinates.
Outside the city gate, several people were very surprised by the scene in front of them. The north gate of Qin City was actually open. Although there were no pedestrians coming and going below, there were no refugees visible outside the city, and there were some guards on the city. Patrolling back and forth, the situation was a bit different from what several people had speculated on the way here.
It's a pity that Qincheng's city defense is similar to Qucheng's and is not a real city defense. It is just a checkpoint to enter the city. They stayed in front of the city gate for a long time before Yu Tong, Xu Guang and others went over to inform the guards of their intention. , as expected, those guards were indeed people from the City Lord's Mansion.
On the other side, because they saw several people wearing military uniforms, the guards did not dare to neglect them. While they ordered people to inform the city lord, they personally accompanied Yu Tong and others into the city. With their strength, even if they were worried that Yu Tong and others might be bandits in disguise, They still didn't dare to stop Yu Tong and the others.
On the way into the city with the guards, Yu Tong, Xu Guang and others kept observing the situation in the city. Compared with the situation in Qucheng, Qincheng was a completely different scene. Not only did it have a lively market, but there were also many pedestrians coming and going. With full of doubts, the eight people came to the city lord's mansion all the way.
When the eight people arrived, Su Chi, the lord of Qin City, had been waiting in the mansion for a long time. After the meeting between the two parties, Yu Tong and Xu Guang directly explained the purpose of their trip without any disguise.
Earlier, Su Chi had received the news that the Xing Army had arrived in Qucheng. Now Yu Tong and the others came from Qucheng again, and each of them had a very outstanding temperament. In his eyes, they were not pretending to be the gangsters in Xiaoyin Mountain. Naturally, he did not need to confirm the identities of Yu Tong and others, but it was difficult for him to agree to the food request made by Yu Tong and others.
In order to let Yu Tong and others understand the reason why they were unwilling to pay food, Su Chi unabashedly explained the current situation in Qincheng. The general meaning is that people in the city are now panicked. They not only have to deal with bandits who may enter the city at any time to rob, but also Beware of the incoming Star Army, things are not looking good.
In fact, the fact that Qincheng City still maintains a certain degree of order has a lot to do with Su Chi, the lord of Qincheng City. Su Chi himself is not only upright, but also very chivalrous. He has been in power for many years and is deeply loved by the people of Qincheng City. He can be regarded as a leader. A good city lord with both virtue and virtue is very different from the selfish city lord in Qucheng.
After the news of the total defeat of Yiguo came back, the current situation was turbulent, and there were worries about the Star Army coming. There were also many local forces in Qin City who were preparing to flee. If they left, Qin City's self-protection power would be greatly weakened. But at the critical moment, Su Chi stood up. While uniting all the forces in the city, he opened the city gates to receive refugees from all over the city to ensure the stability of Qin City. Su Chi had been running around to win over people and appease people for many days. It was only recently that the situation in the city was slightly stabilized. .
The reputation accumulated over the years made Su Chi's efforts pay off, and the most effective effect was in stabilizing people's hearts. However, after accepting a large number of refugees and cutting off contact with other cities, in terms of food, due to the emergence of those refugees and the current changes in the situation, Qincheng The current reserves are not sufficient, and have even gradually become a problem. Therefore, when Yu Tong mentioned that the Star Army would soon go to Qincheng to collect food, Su Chi's attitude was extremely clear.
Based on the current situation in Qin City, they will not provide any food to the Star Army. If the Star Army intends to forcibly collect food, then they Qin City will never let anyone bully them. The group of bandits in Xiaoyin Mountain cannot do it, and the Star Army cannot do the same. .
On the other side, after understanding Su Chi's attitude, Yu Tong and Xu Guang were surprised. Then, while assessing the overall strength of Qincheng, they both felt that the matter was difficult. Now that Lu Yunyou is not in Qincheng, they can't help He took the initiative to discuss with Su Chi, so he had to write down all the information he got and report it to Lu Yunyou when he went back.
At the final stage of the conversation between the two parties, Yu Tong had a better idea and asked about the situation of the bandits. It happened that Su Chi had some knowledge of the bandits, and ended up detailing the current size and status of the group of bandits. Tell how many people the important leader's number information is.
After Su Chi's narration, Yu Tong and Xu Guang were even more surprised. It turned out that there were seven leaders in the group of bandits, four of whom were seventh-level martial arts cultivators. Each of the seven was in charge of a hundred people. Even though the total number of people was It hasn't reached thousands yet, but its overall strength cannot be underestimated.
After understanding the situation of the bandits, Yu Tong and Xu Guang could understand why Su Chi always showed a sense of fear when he mentioned the bandits before, because the overall strength of Qincheng was not as good as How much stronger is that group?
After some shock, Yu Tong and Xu Guang couldn't help but feel doubtful. They really couldn't understand why such a huge bandit organization was formed in such a remote place, so they asked Su Chi about the scale of the bandit camp. reason for expansion.
According to Su Chi's story, many of those bandits were criminals who were exiled here from all over the Yi Kingdom. Some were extremely vicious people. In short, those bandits were not easy to deal with.
In the past month or two, the size of the bandits has almost increased tenfold. This situation is really surprising. The reason why Su Chi knows the bandits so well is not only because he is from Qincheng. The city lord is also related to another important thing.
Not long ago, that group of bandits openly sent news that they would attack Qincheng, and forced Su Chi to spend money to eliminate the disaster as soon as possible, so as not to regret it when they entered the city.
There are also not many large-scale forces in Qin City. There is at most one seventh-level martial arts cultivator in each family. Counting Su Chi, the number of seventh-level martial arts cultivators in the city is still no more than two hands, and they do not fully agree to eliminate the bandits.
Since there is not much difference between the number of high-level martial arts cultivators and the number of bandit leaders in the city, and those bandits have always used all kinds of tricks in their actions, Su Chi and other forces are very afraid of that group of bandits. Now Su Chi is moving all the city gates While opening up to accept refugees, additional manpower has to be deployed at each city gate to prevent bandits from invading at any time. The situation in Qincheng is not optimistic.
